Regensburg (Bavaria) Germany

G'day all,
Today we visited Regensberg still on the Danube. We docked at this village around 10am then off we went with our guides to learn a bit more about this town. If you read yesterday hopefully you'll remember that a lot of buildings were in the baroque style. Well this village still has a lot of Gothic early to late styles and also some Baroque. (Gothic meaning Reach towards heaven). Again it is subject to flooding from time to time.

David and Goliath Painting

Gothic style church

Again this place had Roman fortresses that were used in the Roman empire till its decline. Somethings still remain. So the history goes back 200 odd years. Being on the Danube was a great place to move things up and down the river.

Roman remains

We left our guide to venture to the markets and have a look around after a while. Yep still trying out the local Gluwine (hot wine and the donuts that are named after a chimney stack so we were told by the locals.

Sipping our warm wine and punch

German name for Chimney Donuts

Chimney Donuts yum

We ventured into a few markets collected another cup, bought a few souvenirs and generally wandered around.

Unique handmade goods

Tonight we had a performance by an Oompah band. It was cool and lots of fun. The men in lederhosen was amusing. The Bavarians are very proud of their history and culture. They are part of the Germanic tribes that have inhabited this area for thousands of years.

We went through more locks today and still have about 16 to go tonight till we get to Nuremberg tomorrow. Here is a video of the boat going through a lock if interested. Amazing engineering. The level is low- we drive in, they close gates behind us, then fill er up and lower the front gate and off we go again. Takes about 15-20 to get through each lock if we don't have any hold ups. This one is not very high only 6-7 m high.

The lock system

German monument to achievements of the past

Today Elizabeth got to be a chef extraordinaire, learning how to cook Mustard soup, hat and all.

Master chef at work :)

That's it for today. Keep living the dream all.

Rob & Liz

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